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To: PhilipFreneau

1.1 million people? Don’t think so, Rome was the largest city in the world at that time but only had a population of roughly a million.


9 posted on 04/09/2014 10:00:35 AM PDT by aft_lizard
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To: aft_lizard

>>>1.1 million people? Don’t think so, Rome was the largest city in the world at that time but only had a population of roughly a million.<<<

I don’t recall all the details, but I believe there was some sort of major festival being held in Jerusalem that brought people in from all nations. Anyway, Josephus said 1.1 million were killed, and 90,000 were enslaved. Who are we to argue with him?

Philip


42 posted on 04/09/2014 11:50:55 AM PDT by PhilipFreneau
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